Chair



A. C. SLADKY.

CHAIR.

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ATTORNEYS.

' a citizen of the United States, residin UNITED STATES ALEXANDER C. SLADKY, OF SHOREWOOD, WISCONSIN.

CHAIR.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 7, 1922 Application filed July 7, 1921. Serial No. 482,961. 1

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER C. SLADKY, at Shorewood, county of Milwaukee, and tate of lVi'sconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to chairs and is particularly directed to a high chair such, for example, as thoseused for children.

In the ordinary high chair, the child is so positioned in the seat that its knees do not coincide with the front mar in of the seat and usually the calf of the eg bears upon the margin of the seat in such a manner as to constrict blood circulation and produce considerable discomfort, the weight of the feet and the lower portions of the leg being exerted to cramp the leg across the margin of the seat. Owing to the rapid growth of the child during the age when it occupies a high chair, it is not possible to overcome the above mentioned difficulty by making chairs specially in accordance with measurements of the child. Therefore, a large majority of children occupying high chairs are unable to place their feet upon the foot rest and even where foot rests are made adjustable in the ordinary manner the difficulty is not overcome.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a chair which has an adjustable foot rest adapted to be raised to the level of the chair bottom and to serve as a leg rest with the legs of the child in a horizontal'position. Also, to provide a rest which cannot only be adjusted vertically witl out changing its angular position, but which may also be adjusted angularly with reference to both the chair legs and the seat, thus enabling the mother or attendant to adjust the rest in the manner best suited to the requirements of the child.

Further objects are to I provide a high chair with a-vertical and angularly adjustable leg rest in which the adjusting supports are located beneath the leg rest, in which the angular relation of the legs with respect to the seat is not varied; in which the interlocking connections between the supports for the leg rest and the chair are wholly protected so that they will not injure an occupant; and in which the leg rest may be wholly removed if so desired.

In the drawin s: v Fig. 1 is a sid e elevation of a high chair with the leg rest in position showing, in

dotted lines, one of the many other positions that this leg rest may assume.

Fig. 2 is afront View of a chair. 1 'Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail'of the adjusting means for the supports and for the leg rest.

The chair comprises a seat 1, a pair of front legs 2, 'a pair of rear legs 3, a back 4 and arms 5. The usual apron or tray 6 is hingedly joined to the back 4 by means of' of the strips are angularly bent first inwardly and then outwardly to provide a foot or seating portion 13 throughwhich a screw 14 is passed to properly secure this end of the strip in position upon the legs 2.

The leg rest 15 is provided with outwardly extending hooked arms '16 which may conveniently be formed of strap iron and which are securely fastened to the leg rest by means of screws 17. Adjacent the outer end of the 7 leg rest, supports 18 are pivotally secured by means of screws 19. These supports also may conveniently be of strap iron and are notched or hook-shaped at their lower ends.

continuation of the seat and extend out wardly in line therewith, the pronged members 16 are hooked over the upper pins 8 andthe supports 18 are hooked over theappropriate pins, as indicated in Figure 1, to secure this adjustment. If it is desired to angularly adjust the leg rest while. maintaining its inner edge substantially in line with the seat, the supports 18 are disengaged and are hooked upon a lower set of pins. If it is desired to lower this rest vertically without having it occupy an angular relation to the seat, both'the hooked members 16 and the supports 18 are removed so as to engage other pins, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1.

It will thus be seen that a chair has been provided with an adjustable leg rest which may be so manipulated that it forms in one position an extension of the seat or may occupy any one ofseveral positions at successive vertical elevations or at successive angular settings relative'to the plane of the seat.

1. The combination. of a chair, a leg rest, means for interlocking the leg rest and the chair at a plurality of points, and a brace for said leg rest adapted to be separately interlocked with the chair at a plurality of points, said leg rest being adjustable vertically to the height of the seat and being also angularly adjustable with respect to the chair.

2. chair comprising a seat, supporting legs therefor, a leg rest, a series of co-operating fastening means carried by said front legs, whereby said leg rest may be attached at any desired vertical elevation to said front legs, and a series of supports mounted below said leg rest andadapted to engage any of said fastening means to thereby support said leg rest in any deslred angular relation to said legs and seat.

3. A chair comprising a seat, legs supporting said seat, a series of pins extending outwardly from the side of said legs, a leg rest having inwardly directed hook-shaped members adapted to engage said pins, and supports pivotally mounted upon said leg rest, and adapted to extend downwardly and inwardly from said leg rest and engage said pins vto thereby support said leg rest in any desired angular position.

4. A chair comprising a seat, legs supporting said seat, a series of pins extending outwardly from the side of said legs, a leg rest having inwardly directed hook-shaped members adapted to engage said pins, supports pivotally mounted upon said leg rest, and protectingstraps secured to said chair and extending over said pins.

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